compromitto

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ prōmittō (“send forth, promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.proːˈmit.toː/, [kɔmproːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.proˈmit.to/, [komproˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

comprōmittō (present infinitive comprōmittere, perfect active comprōmīsī, supine comprōmissum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to compromise

Conjugation

Conjugation of comprōmittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comprōmittō	comprōmittis	comprōmittit	comprōmittimus	comprōmittitis	comprōmittunt
	imperfect	comprōmittēbam	comprōmittēbās	comprōmittēbat	comprōmittēbāmus	comprōmittēbātis	comprōmittēbant
	future	comprōmittam	comprōmittēs	comprōmittet	comprōmittēmus	comprōmittētis	comprōmittent
	perfect	comprōmīsī	comprōmīsistī	comprōmīsit	comprōmīsimus	comprōmīsistis	comprōmīsērunt, comprōmīsēre
	pluperfect	comprōmīseram	comprōmīserās	comprōmīserat	comprōmīserāmus	comprōmīserātis	comprōmīserant
	future perfect	comprōmīserō	comprōmīseris	comprōmīserit	comprōmīserimus	comprōmīseritis	comprōmīserint
passive	present	comprōmittor	comprōmitteris, comprōmittere	comprōmittitur	comprōmittimur	comprōmittiminī	comprōmittuntur
	imperfect	comprōmittēbar	comprōmittēbāris, comprōmittēbāre	comprōmittēbātur	comprōmittēbāmur	comprōmittēbāminī	comprōmittēbantur
	future	comprōmittar	comprōmittēris, comprōmittēre	comprōmittētur	comprōmittēmur	comprōmittēminī	comprōmittentur
	perfect	comprōmissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comprōmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comprōmissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comprōmittam	comprōmittās	comprōmittat	comprōmittāmus	comprōmittātis	comprōmittant
	imperfect	comprōmitterem	comprōmitterēs	comprōmitteret	comprōmitterēmus	comprōmitterētis	comprōmitterent
	perfect	comprōmīserim	comprōmīserīs	comprōmīserit	comprōmīserīmus	comprōmīserītis	comprōmīserint
	pluperfect	comprōmīsissem	comprōmīsissēs	comprōmīsisset	comprōmīsissēmus	comprōmīsissētis	comprōmīsissent
passive	present	comprōmittar	comprōmittāris, comprōmittāre	comprōmittātur	comprōmittāmur	comprōmittāminī	comprōmittantur
	imperfect	comprōmitterer	comprōmitterēris, comprōmitterēre	comprōmitterētur	comprōmitterēmur	comprōmitterēminī	comprōmitterentur
	perfect	comprōmissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comprōmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comprōmitte	—	—	comprōmittite	—
	future	—	comprōmittitō	comprōmittitō	—	comprōmittitōte	comprōmittuntō
passive	present	—	comprōmittere	—	—	comprōmittiminī	—
	future	—	comprōmittitor	comprōmittitor	—	—	comprōmittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		comprōmittere	comprōmīsisse	comprōmissūrum esse	comprōmittī	comprōmissum esse	comprōmissum īrī
participles		comprōmittēns	—	comprōmissūrus	—	comprōmissus	comprōmittendus, comprōmittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		comprōmittendī	comprōmittendō	comprōmittendum	comprōmittendō	comprōmissum	comprōmissū

Descendants

• Catalan: comprometre
• English: compromit, compromise
• French: compromettre
• Galician: comprometer
• Italian: compromettere
• Romanian: compromite
• Sicilian: cumprumèttiri
• Spanish: comprometer
• Portuguese: comprometer

References

• “compromitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compromitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compromitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.